Tropidophis_celiae
Tropidophis celiae
Species of snake
Tropidophis celiae, commonly known as the Canasi dwarf boa or the Canasi trope, is an endangered species of dwarf boa, a snake in the family Tropidophiidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.
| Tropidophis celiae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Tropidophiidae |
| Genus: | Tropidophis |
| Species: | T. celiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tropidophis celiae | |
The specific name, celiae, is in honor of Celia Puerta de Estrada, the wife of Puerto Rican herpetologist Alberto R. Estrada.[2]
T. celiae is native to the northern coast of La Habana Province, western Cuba.[3]
The preferred natural habitats of T. celiae are caves, forest, and the marine supralittoral zone at an altitude of 3 m (9.8 ft).[1]
T. celiae is distinguished from other Tropidophis species by its tan coloration, dark brown dorsal spots, and pale neck band.[4]
T. celiae is viviparous.[3]
- Fong A (20). "Tropidophis celiae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: https://10.2305/dx.doi.org/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T75606425A75607994.en. Accessed on 29 January 2022.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidophis celiae, p. 50).
- Tropidophis celiae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 June 2013.
- Hedges SB, Estrada AR [in French], Diaz LM (1999). "A new snake (Tropidophis) from western Cuba". Copeia. 1999 (2): 376–381. doi:10.2307/1447483. JSTOR 1447483. (Tropidophis celiae, new species).
- López, Javier Torres; Rodríguez-Cabrera, Tomás M.; Romero, Ruben Marrero; Torres, Orlando J.; Macías, Paidel Gutiérrez (2016). "Comments on the critically endangered Canasí Trope (Tropidophis celiae, Tropidophiidae): Neonates, ex situ maintenance, and conservation". IRCF (International Reptile Conservation Foundation) Reptiles & Amphibians 23 (2): 82–87.
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